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Thursday, 3 January 2013

The List 2013

Early in December Meredithe posted about A working list with the idea being that we could pick 10 projects for the year and each month give a bit of a running commentary on how they are progressing (or not, as the case may be)

after much thought, here are my 10 projects for the year:

Flower Garden quilt

Dear Jane - Kind of Blue - finish the quilting, then the binding

Civil War Sampler quilt - finish the quilting, then the binding (sounding like a stuck record here)

Grandmother's Choice BOW (at this time I am four blocks behind on this)

Pheasantville

Uzbek Patches

Museum Medallion

Frame Medallion quilt

Sue Spargo quilt

??????

Of course I will be invoking the usual conditions:

I can start, finish or work on other projects, the main thing is to make at least some progress on the projects which are on The List2013.

I did have intentions of trying to use only fabrics from my stash * this year, but I don't think I can actually make myself do this, maybe next year (or maybe not) however I will be trying to use more fabrics from my stash.

* I think it would be easier if I had more yardage instead of fat quarters and eighths in the stash, it gives more options when making borders.

10 comments:

I think the use the stash thing only is hard for the same reasons you mentioned. I usually am stuck for borders and backings. I often think, "well I could piece a backing", but that puts the finish further away. So off I trot to the fabric store. I often feel that even if I use fabric mostly from my stash it needs a little something extra to make it work better. Last year saw me buying metres of solids, most of which are used up now. I am going to try to limit what I buy a little more this year so that I will use more of the stash. And I want to finish off things I have that are half done.

An impressive list, lots to keep you motivated and stimulated. J love the combination for Pheasantville and the Uzbek patches is going to be a beauty. I think i will find the list i wrote 2 years ago and see what progress i have made on it before i spend time writing another

yes me too.Although I am not as productive as you Pip, I never seem to have the right colour/length for the borders and backing.I am very intrigued by your list an look forward very much to following the progress of these projects!You have inspired me to make a list and bring out the UFO's so that I work on everything- if just a little each month.

Good luck on your goals for 2013. Using stash is always a good plan, but I never feel bad about getting fabric if I need it to finish a quilt. I know some people stash lots of yardage and have no problem making an entire quilt. Like you, I stash short cuts, always enough to start a quilt but not usually enough to finish one.

Great list. Enjoyed reading this post. Inspired me, not only with projects to finish but to be diligent in what I buy this year in way of fq's and meterage of materials.Look forward to following your projects

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